Ubbe Ragnarrsson

Ubbe Ragnarrsson (827-) was the Marshal of Jorvik under his brother King Halfdan Whiteshirt of Jorvik.

Biography
Ubbe Ragnarrsson was born in 827, and was the son of King Ragnarr Lodbrok and another wife. Ubbe was the half-brother of Halfdan Whiteshirt of Jorvik, Bjorn Ironside of Svibjod, Ivar the Boneless of Sudreyjar, and Sigurdr Snake-in-the-eye of Sjaelland. Ubbe Ragnarsson was a courtier to his brother Halfdan, and when their father Ragnarr was executed in 865 by King Aella of Northumbria, Ragnarr's sons banded together and crossed the North Sea with 25,000 troops, the "Great Heathen Army". When the Vikings secured the city of York in 866, Halfdan proclaimed himself king of "Jorvik", a new Viking kingdom based in northern England. Ubbe served as the Marshal of Jorvik, commanding his brother's armed forces. Ubbe was the commander of the Viking army at the Battle of Durham on 12 March 867, where he lost narrowly due to the arrival of Northumbrian reinforcements.